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Posting & screening
From requisition to a shortlist. How to post for fit, screen for the must-haves, and avoid the most common screening biases.
Key takeaways
- Pre-write the screening rubric, then score against it
- Screen in batches, not as applications arrive
- Knockout questions catch ~30% of unfit candidates instantly
- Disposition every applicant, even the silent rejections
The point of screening is to spend your shortlist interview time on the right four to six people. Most managers screen in real time, get fatigued, and start using gut feel. The rubric-and-batch approach takes the same hour and lands a better shortlist.
This chapter covers the screening rubric template, the knockout question pattern, and Oracle’s dispositioning UX.